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and as time went on, rosa parks' own political views could surprise people. >> the radical rosa parks. just putting that name "radical" with rosa parks shakes you because you're thinking about this sweet little woman who wouldn't move on the bus. she was to the left of the political spectrum. she was ahead of dr. king on many issues. >> malcolm x is her personal hero, and her views on self-defense are much closer to malcolm x's than king's. she is also active in the black freedom movement as it grows and changes. in 1966 stokely carmichael comes to give a big speech, and one of the first things he does from the pulpit is he calls out rosa parks and he calls her his hero. there's a beautiful picture of stokely carmichael and rosa parks, and i think we're not used to seeing that. >> reporter: we might have gotten used to seeing such unexpected aspects of rosa parks except for one curious fact -- parks' own records of her life are simply not accessible to public view. that's because of a dispute between family members and executors she appointed in her later years, and a probate court or
and as time went on, rosa parks' own political views could surprise people. >> the radical rosa parks. just putting that name "radical" with rosa parks shakes you because you're thinking about this sweet little woman who wouldn't move on the bus. she was to the left of the political spectrum. she was ahead of dr. king on many issues. >> malcolm x is her personal hero, and her views on self-defense are much closer to malcolm x's than king's. she is also active in the black...
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rosa parks". the author is jeane theoharis, a professor of political science at brooklyn college of the city university of new york. the word "rebellion" doesn't usually appear in what we think about rosa parks. >> right. and that's her word. she talks about having a life history of being rebellious, which is where the title comes from. and i think it gets at both the scope of her political life and then, right, the kind of character that we have come to sort of miss when we see just rosa parks on that one day. >> ifill: i know elementary school i was taught that she was a tired seem stress, her feet were tired, she sat down on the bus and didn't want to get up. later on the rumor was that she was an n.a.a.c.p. plant sent in to stir up trouble, but she was neither of these. >> no, she was neither of these and she would be the first to correct us if we were the first to say she was tired. because in her autobiography she says "the only tired i was was tired of giving in." she wasn't tired. this com
rosa parks". the author is jeane theoharis, a professor of political science at brooklyn college of the city university of new york. the word "rebellion" doesn't usually appear in what we think about rosa parks. >> right. and that's her word. she talks about having a life history of being rebellious, which is where the title comes from. and i think it gets at both the scope of her political life and then, right, the kind of character that we have come to sort of miss when...
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. >> a massachusetts manufacturing firm founded in 1932 where the median age is 74 and rosa finnegan over there, is 100. >> brown: and ray suarez talks with journalist and author claudia kolker about what she calls "the immigrant advantage." >> i began to ask foreign-born people what i call the question: what's the smartest thing that people did in your home country that you want to hang on to while you're here and the rest of us ought to copy? >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: while much of the country kicked off the new year by going back to work today, washington said its goodbyes to the 112th congress, after a late night of final suspense on the fiscal cliff legislation. it gave the president much of what he wanted on taxes, and left republicans sharply divided. f
. >> a massachusetts manufacturing firm founded in 1932 where the median age is 74 and rosa finnegan over there, is 100. >> brown: and ray suarez talks with journalist and author claudia kolker about what she calls "the immigrant advantage." >> i began to ask foreign-born people what i call the question: what's the smartest thing that people did in your home country that you want to hang on to while you're here and the rest of us ought to copy? >> brown: that's...
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parks, what they were fighting for. >> but they were fighting, rosa parks, mlk, they were fighting for american who were american citizens. >> yeah. >> people for whom there wasas question that their parents had been citizens, their grandparents had been citizens. >> yeah. >> you're not. so why should you get those equal rights? >> it's like whenou're 22 months and your parents make a decision, do we have the -- do we have the capacity to be able to tell our parents what's right from wrong? we're paying the consequences of actions our parents took. we have no say, nor choice. >> do i feel bad for that young person that's here since 22 months that's struggling? i feel bad for that person. but i also have to go back and say wait a second, i represent 240,000 people in my district. i've got people struggling that can't make tuition also that are hard-working new jersey citizens. where do they fit into this? every one of our public institutions have no openings. they are jam packed, so what am i doing for the new jersey resident who is a citizen of the united states, am i knocking them out
parks, what they were fighting for. >> but they were fighting, rosa parks, mlk, they were fighting for american who were american citizens. >> yeah. >> people for whom there wasas question that their parents had been citizens, their grandparents had been citizens. >> yeah. >> you're not. so why should you get those equal rights? >> it's like whenou're 22 months and your parents make a decision, do we have the -- do we have the capacity to be able to tell our...
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." >> this is a kind of sub-rosa part of this industry, and there's not a lot of information about it. but the fact of the matter is, as far as i know, those kind of payments to brokers for distributing your shares has simply become part of the system. you know, the brokers are getting a little religion here. they're saying, "why should i distribute your funds unless you pay me to? "you get these big management fees. "i want some of it. "you're getting plenty. give me some." >> smith: the problem is that these fees are not paid by the fund company. the bill is passed to you and me. here it is, buried deep in my 401(k) plan documents. it took me about an hour to find the reference. do you think the industry could do a better job of making people aware of the effective fees on their savings? >> i think we could make people aware of the effect of every pressure that they have on their accounts. >> smith: what stands in the way of doing that better job? >> (laughing) what i would tell you is, sometimes it's very difficult to get people to focus on something that seems complicated and dull
." >> this is a kind of sub-rosa part of this industry, and there's not a lot of information about it. but the fact of the matter is, as far as i know, those kind of payments to brokers for distributing your shares has simply become part of the system. you know, the brokers are getting a little religion here. they're saying, "why should i distribute your funds unless you pay me to? "you get these big management fees. "i want some of it. "you're getting plenty....
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." >> we have funerals for olivia engel at 1:00 at saint rosa lima and dylan hockley in bethel. same thing we've been doing-- just be outside, respectful distance. is there anything else we need in newtown daily developments beyond that happening, anything we know of? >> yeah, one of the teachers, her stepfather is a reporter here. and i think as sort of a defense mechanism i thought, "it couldn't be," you know? "we'd know already something." and eventually it was confirmed. so, you know, a story that was difficult enough for all of us to report anyway was, you know, that much more emotional, that much more difficult. >> the sort of overarching issue that i'm looking at is whether or not sandy hook truly is a tipping point in the debate over gun violence, and that whatever the solutions are out there, these 20 innocent children lost, this will make a difference. and i'm sort of examining that optimism against the reality that the gun control debate in america is exceedingly divisive. >> it is a sad honor to be here today. it's been one month since i lost my son dylan, and 25 oth
." >> we have funerals for olivia engel at 1:00 at saint rosa lima and dylan hockley in bethel. same thing we've been doing-- just be outside, respectful distance. is there anything else we need in newtown daily developments beyond that happening, anything we know of? >> yeah, one of the teachers, her stepfather is a reporter here. and i think as sort of a defense mechanism i thought, "it couldn't be," you know? "we'd know already something." and eventually...
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. >> outside the capitol, she and the protesters are joined by congresswoman rosa delauro of connecticut. >> storm that hill, make the difference. >> inside, the activists are greeted by congresswoman donna edwards of maryland, who, with delauro, has introduced legislation raising the minimum wage for tipped workers. >> i know that when i waited tables, i didn't just do it because i needed some extra change. i did it because i had to pay my rent. i did it because i had to make sure that i had food in my refrigerator. i did it because i needed transportation to get back and forth to school. it was a job. >> saru jayaraman's new book "behind the kitchen door" is an insider's expose of what it's really like to work at the lowest rungs of the restaurant industry. >> there are actually now over 10 million restaurant workers in the united states. so seven of the ten lowest paying jobs in america are restaurant jobs, and the two absolute lowest paying jobs in america are restaurant dishwashers and fast food preps and cooks are the two absolute lowest paying jobs in america. these workers earn p
. >> outside the capitol, she and the protesters are joined by congresswoman rosa delauro of connecticut. >> storm that hill, make the difference. >> inside, the activists are greeted by congresswoman donna edwards of maryland, who, with delauro, has introduced legislation raising the minimum wage for tipped workers. >> i know that when i waited tables, i didn't just do it because i needed some extra change. i did it because i had to pay my rent. i did it because i had...
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>> i think of rosa jimÉnez, who was a 27-year-old college student. she had a 5-year-old daughter. she was getting a nursing degree. she really wanted to, you know, succeed in this country. and she faced an unintended pregnancy. and because she was low income, because she was a recipient of medicaid, she was denied access to an abortion because of henry hyde. and she sought a back-alley abortion and died as a consequence. so this has real implications. she was the first known victim of the hyde amendment. and i'm sure these stories happen many times over. and women are just disproportionately impacted. particularly, again, those at the margins and who are most vulnerable. >> you remind me of some statistics i saw the other day, from the guttmacher institute. it reports that among poor women, the rate of unintended pregnancy is five times higher than for higher income women. and four in ten women who have abortions are poor. what do you make of that from your own work? >> that, you know, because women don't have access to some of the basic healthcare to prevent pregnancy, so the fac
>> i think of rosa jimÉnez, who was a 27-year-old college student. she had a 5-year-old daughter. she was getting a nursing degree. she really wanted to, you know, succeed in this country. and she faced an unintended pregnancy. and because she was low income, because she was a recipient of medicaid, she was denied access to an abortion because of henry hyde. and she sought a back-alley abortion and died as a consequence. so this has real implications. she was the first known victim of...